Improvement in device for fastening shirt-collars



P. W. SMITH, ,OI41 CIIICOPEE FALLS, IVIASSACHUSETTS.

i' ,-Lettrs Patent No. 83,332, dated October 20, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICE FOR FASTENING- SHIRT-COLLARS.

To all whom it ma/y concern: i Beit known that I, I?. W. SMITH, of Ghicopee Falls, Hampden county, Commonwealth of lVIassachusetts,

have invented a new and useful Palmr-Collar Button;

and I do hereby declare that the fbllowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being` had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference vstretched while doing so, thereby removing the risk of teaiing them, and the collar can be taken oli' with equal ease. It is also constructed so that it remains in one position in the button-hole, serving to conceal `them from view when no cravat ortie worn, and

also aftbrding a fastening-place for a knot or bow with elastic, when such -is desired to be worn.

In construction, I form my paper-collar button with a round centre-plate, A, with two necks, c and 7), the ,one, a projecting towards the front, and having an oblong iiange, B, formed on its end, and the other, b, extending in an opposite direction from the other side' of the plate A, with a circular flange, C, fin-mcd upon it.

4lhe neck l), with its flange C, serves to connect the end of the collar-band ofthe shirt, thus fastening theI shirt at the tln'oat, while the ends of the paper collar are fastened on the front side ofthe plate A by means of a neck, c, and its oblong iiange.

y1t will be seen in the drawings that this iiange B is made about thesize and shape of the button-hole of thc collar, so that the latter can be placed over it without stretching or tearing when the button is in position shown in Fig. III.

Upon the plate A is placed a pin, D, projecting to the iiont, and extending ,about half thedistance between thc plate A and one end of the ange B at this point. Y

The method of fastening the collar upon this button (it being placed in the neck of the shirt) is as follows:

The end of the collar nearest the pin I) is first put over the neck c, and rests against the iiat surface of the plate A, the pin D extending through the buttonhole, and preventing the button from turning. The other end of the collar is then fastened by being hooked 'over the iiange B, catching against the neck c. This is shown in the iig-ure, where it is also seen that scarcely any of the button-hole of the outer end of the collar is exposed to view, and none of that of the inner one, so that a person, without examining carefully, could iind no clue to the material of the collar, which, in ordinary eases, becomes peifectly obvious, from the appearance of the button-hole, when no cravat is used. Besides this, the ends of the collar, resting against the flat `surface of the plate A, do not get crumpled by the movements of the neck.

Now, having described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is Y' The combination of the plate A, necks c and b, with oblong and circular flanges, B and C, and pin I), the parts being constructed and arranged substal'itially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

l). W. SMITH.

Witnesses R. F. HYDE, E. H. HYDE. 

